Question

Agriculture is practiced at the local scale, and agricultural yields are measured at the national scale. Which of the following best explains why the concept of the global system of agriculture is helpful to geographers?The concept is most useful for predicting local productivity and market changes.Option A,The concept is most useful for predicting local productivity and market changes.The concept is the best way to map out the environmental effects of agricultural land use.Option B,The concept is the best way to map out the environmental effects of agricultural land use.The concept is a way to help countries that have become highly dependent on an export commodity.Option C,The concept is a way to help countries that have become highly dependent on an export commodity.The concept helps geographers simplify and visualize a vast and complicated global supply chain.Option D,The concept helps geographers simplify and visualize a vast and complicated global supply chain.The concept helps geographers be specific and consider every detail about global farming practices.

Answer 1

The best explanation for why the concept of the global system of agriculture is helpful to geographers is:

Option D: The concept helps geographers simplify and visualize a vast and complicated global supply chain.

This option highlights the importance of understanding global agricultural processes in a broader context, allowing geographers to analyze and interpret the interconnections within the agricultural system, including the relationships between local practices and global markets, trade policies, and environmental impacts. The other options, while valid in certain contexts, do not encapsulate the overarching utility of the global agriculture system as effectively as Option D.